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PUBLICATIONS FROM THE VOYAGE OF THE 



"ALBATROSS" TO THE GULF OF 



CALIFORNIA IN 191 1 



One of our Trustees, Mr. Arthur Curtiss James, generously 

 contributed $7,500 to the "Albatross" Expedition, to which 

 the New York Zoological Society and the New York Botanical 

 Garden each added the sum of $1,000. This has proved to be 

 one of the most successful and effective cooperative under- 

 takings of the Museum in recent years. 



Important publications are now advancing towards comple- 

 tion under the guidance of Dr. Charles H. Townsend, Director 

 of the New York Aquarium, leader of this interesting expe- 

 dition, which left San Francisco on February 23, 191 1, and 

 returned on April 28, 191 1, on the "Albatross," a vessel placed 

 at our disposal by the United States Bureau of Fisheries. The 

 Bureau of Fisheries desired information respecting the fish 

 and fisheries and the oceanographical features of Lower Cali- 

 fornia and the Gulf region, referring especially to the desira- 

 bility of further knowledge regarding the supply of edible 

 fishes, oysters and turtles, with the view to inaugurating a fish 

 trade with our southwestern states. 



The reports published and in preparation are as follows: 



I. Narrative of the Voyage. By C. H. Townsend. Bull. Am. Mus. 



Nat Hist., July, 1916. 

 II. The Northern Elephant Seal. By C. H. Townsend. Zoologica, 

 N. Y. Zool. Soc, April, 1912. 



III. Mammals of Lower California. By C. H. Townsend. Bull. Am. 



Mus. Nat. Hist., June 14, 19 12. 



IV. Insects. By John A. Grossbeck. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



Sept 13, 1912. 

 V. Echinoderms. By Hubert L. Clark. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



July 9, 1913. 

 VI. Shore Fishes. By R. C. Osburn and J. T. Nichols. Bull Am. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., May 26, 1916. 

 VII. Birds Collected in Lower California. By C. H. Townsend. In 



preparation. 

 VIII. Deep-sea Fishes from the Lower California Region. By C. H. 

 Townsend. In preparation. 

 IX. Reptiles from the Lower California Region. By G. K. Noble 

 and Karl P. Schmidt. In preparation. 

 X. Mollusks of the Lower California Region. By Paul Bartsch. 



In preparation. 

 XI. The Brachyura of the Lower California Region. By Miss Mary 

 J. Rathbun. In preparation. 

 Certain species have already been published in the Bulletin of 



